This episode of the Dangerous History Podcast features CJ’s recent conversation with Sam Davis, host of the Inward Empire podcast.

Join Sam & CJ as they discuss:

• Some thoughts on history podcasts in general, and the divide between “indie/DIY” podcasters, and “institutional” ones
• How Sam came to be doing the Inward Empire podcast
• The fact that the United States is, and always has been, an empire, what this means, and why so many refuse to see it
• The role of the frontier experience (and the mythology of it) in shaping American history, even long after the ear of the Old West ended
• The divergence between scholarly understandings of history and popular depictions and understandings of it
• Ways in which one’s own ideology influences one’s take on history
• The obvious-but-oft-overlooked continuity in American history between the Indian wars and the later wars of overseas empire
• The ways in which Anglo-Saxonism and xenophobia have influenced American empire-building
• The trickiness of trying to draw parallels between current events and historical topics
• Some of Sam’s experiences teaching history at the high school level over the past year

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External Links

• Inward Empire
• Inward Empire show notes & companion posts